Broad Ion Beam Milling with the Hitachi IM4000-II
February 24, 2026 - Ryan Hall, Room #4003
Northwestern University-Evanston Campus
9:00 AM Coffee & Seminar
Live Demos begin at 11:00 AM. (Sign-up required)
NUANCE is hosting a workshop on the Hitachi IM4000 ion mill, a versatile sample preparation tool that uses an argon ion beam to gently mill, polish, and clean sample surfaces. Ion milling is particularly valuable for preparing high-quality cross sections for SEM imaging and for producing damage-free, strain-free surfaces required for high-quality EBSD analysis.
The workshop will begin with a morning technical talk covering ion milling principles, applications, and best practices. In the afternoon, participants will have the opportunity for hands-on consultations and live demonstrations with Hitachi specialists, focused on cross-sectional preparation or final surface polishing for EBSD across a range of materials.
Registration Demo Sign-up
Hitachi IM4000-II Ion Mill |
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Schedule
| 9:00 AM - 9:25 AM | Coffee & Registration |
| 9:25 AM - 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks Tirzah Abbott, MS, EPIC SEM Facility Manager, NUANCE Center |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Jing-jiang Yu, Sr. Product Specialist, Environmental Business Division, Hitachi Exploring Broad Ion Beam Milling: Principles, Applications, and Instrumentation |
| 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Live Demos - Sign up required |
Speaker
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"Exploring Broad Ion Beam Milling: Principles, Applications, and Instrumentation"Jing-jiang Yu received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of California, Davis, where his doctoral thesis focused on using scanning probe microscopy to study the size-dependent surface chemistry and biochemistry.
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